The high-profile CEO of realtor elephantine Douglas Elliman has discontinue aft nan institution was deed by a plunging stock value and amid accusations he ignored rape claims against his prima agents.
Howard Lorber faced a shareholder revolt successful July aft nan company's worth dropped from $900 cardinal to $130 cardinal successful conscionable 3 years.
And nan 74-year-old faces allegations he did thing erstwhile told astir claims against Tal and Oren Alexander who, together pinch their relative Alon, person been accused of intersexual battle by astatine slightest 30 women.
And anger was stoked erstwhile his chap board awarded him nan 'maximum permissible award' for DEI efforts arsenic portion of his $14.5 cardinal salary package successful August.
'Stockholders merit to cognize really nan battle and harassment claims were handled by management,' shareholder Brad Tirpak wrote.
Howard Lorber has resigned aft 21 years arsenic caput of existent property elephantine Douglas Elliman
His past months were dogged by claims he ignored allegations of intersexual maltreatment against his prima agents Tal and Oren Alexander
Broker Jessica Cohen claims she warned Lorber successful 2012 that Oren had spiked her portion astatine a 2010 statement successful Manhattan earlier she blacked retired for hours and woke up successful nan hospital.
Another agent told nan New York Times that thing was done aft he warned executives astir uncovering Oren attacking 'Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles' prima Tracy Tutor while she was unconscious successful a bath aft sharing a portion from Oren astatine a statement successful 2014.
Tutor, 49, is 1 of 10 women who told nan insubstantial they were sexually assaulted by nan brothers, who made a sanction for themselves brokering luxury properties and showing disconnected their posh manner connected societal media.
Seven of nan women, including Tutor, said they judge they were drugged earlier being raped by either Tal, 38, aliases nan younger twins Oren and Alon, 37.
And 5 much manufacture figures declare they discussed battle claims against nan brothers pinch executives while nan brace were still employed.
'Staying silent for truthful agelong has been damaging connected galore levels, and remembering now what happened feels debilitating,' Tutor said.
Lorber had chaired nan institution since 2003 and remains president of nan basking canine concatenation Nathan's Famous.
He served arsenic an economic advisor to Donald Trump and flew pinch nan erstwhile president to Moscow successful 1996 successful a bid to onshore a skyscraper deal.
Twenty years later, a Trump spokesperson named Lorber arsenic among 2 group who were nan president' champion friends.
Court documents revenge successful New York Supreme Court successful June and obtained by DailyMail.com impeach each 3 of nan real-estate brothers of raping complainant Angelica Parker successful an battle that, she alleges, took spot astir nan autumn of 2012.
The New York-based model, formerly known arsenic Angelica Cecora, antecedently made headlines successful 2012 erstwhile she accused celebrated boxer Oscar De La Hoya of artillery and mendacious imprisonment successful a suit she would yet lose.
In a title that echoes that brought by Rebecca Mandel and Karen Whiteman, Parker alleges that she was 'raped by Alon and Tal Alexander, together, successful a coordinated onslaught that was planned and facilitated by Oren Alexander on pinch his brothers'.
Oren is accused of sitting and watching nan rapes.
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles prima Tracy Tutor claims she was drugged and attacked by Oren astatine a 2014 statement earlier a workfellow of nan agent hauled him off
Oren and Alon, (pictured pinch Tal, center) person since been accused of rape by 30 much women aft they were deed pinch an first suit brought by 2 alleged victims successful July
Angelica Parker, formerly known arsenic Angelica Cecora, was known arsenic nan female who sued celebrated boxer Oscar De La Hoya successful 2012 for artillery and mendacious imprisonment successful a ineligible conflict that she yet lost
Mandel, connected her part, claims she met Oren and Alexander successful 2009 astatine a now-closed club, SL, erstwhile she was conscionable 18 years old.
She said she continued to tally into nan twins astatine parties and, successful September 2020, bumped into them again astatine SL wherever Alon 'intentionally drugged Plaintiff's portion pinch an chartless substance, resulting successful important impairment to her beingness and intelligence being'.
Mandel claims that nan twins past took her backmost to their flat wherever nan battle occurred.
Meanwhile Whiteman has alleged that she was raped by nan 2 successful 2012 astatine a 'castle' successful nan Hamptons owned by Ivan Wilzig and known arsenic 'Sir Ivan's Castle'.
Lawyers for nan brothers person dismissed nan claims arsenic 'pure fiction' and vowed to conflict them successful court,
'It is unfortunate but afloat expected that shakedown artists are going to statement up fixed nan allegations against Tal's brothers,' a spokesperson for nan elder relative said.
'However, Tal has done perfectly thing wrong, and anyone hoping to peddle outrageous lies successful hopes of a speedy payday are going to find themselves disappointed.'
A spokesperson for Douglas Elliman said that nary allegation against nan brothers was ever raised formally pinch Lorber.
'Had immoderate specified complaints been received, those complaints would person been thoroughly investigated,' he added.
'Douglas Elliman extends its deepest appreciation to Mr. Lorber for his strategical imagination and years of dedication and difficult activity that person made Douglas Elliman nan country's premier existent property brokerage firm, mounting caller standards successful luxury work and innovation.'